AJOKORTTI KADONNUT - AN OVERVIEW

Extra frequent may be the intrusion of usually literary constructions into a colloquial discourse, to be a form of quote from created Finnish. It is fairly typical to hear guide-like and polished speech on radio or TV, and the regular exposure to these language tends to cause the adoption of this kind of constructions even in day to day language.Fi

The ⟨n⟩ during the sequence ⟨nk⟩ is pronounced as a velar nasal /ŋ/, as in English. When not accompanied by ⟨k⟩, /ŋː/ is published ⟨ng⟩.A prominent illustration of the effect from the normal language is the development in the consonant gradation kind /ts : ts/ as in metsä : metsän, as this pattern was at first (1940) found na